Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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Month: September 2008

exactly one year ago

A year ago tonight I sat down at this keyboard and wrote the first paragraph of a novel about Hild of Whitby….

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Posted on September 30, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The dozen daily delights

After my posts yesterday about wine and chocolate, plus pondering the end of the world, I’ve decided to list the twelve daily…

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Posted on September 29, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

oh, and chocolate too

Earlier today I suggested getting blotto on vino to beat fallout. Drinking is good for you! So, it turns out, is chocolate:…

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Posted on September 28, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

get drunk, survive apocalypse

Well, okay, not quite. But close: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A natural antioxidant commonly found in red wine and fruit may protect against…

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Posted on September 28, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Barack and Jed chat

In the New York Times nearly a week ago, Aaron Sorkin imagined a conversation between Barack Obama and Jed Bartlet: BARACK OBAMA…

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Posted on September 27, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

an edible house

An Edible Prefab Home for Humanity This home concept is intended to replace the outdated design solutions at Habitat for Humanity. We…

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Posted on September 27, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Friday Audio: Touching Fire

I was going to run the last of the Stay readings today but after being blown away yesterday by Karina‘s vid I…

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Posted on September 26, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Murder music, heat and sex music

Some of you have read my story, “Touching Fire.” Some of you in Seattle may even have heard me read from it….

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Posted on September 25, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

a detailed analysis of the econonomic meltdown in cartoon form

A Detailed Analysis of the Economic Meltdown in Cartoon Form, by Lee Camp: click image to enlarge So what do you think?…

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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

a bigger threat than global warming!

Something is tweaking our boy-making! Cue creepy music and villain twirling mustachios… Here’s a long article in the Globe & Mail on…

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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

autumn is here

I slept with the windows open last night, listening to the rain. For the first time in weeks the owls were quiet,…

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Posted on September 23, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

yumminess through the ages

The Guardian tells us about Richard II’s cookbook–well, not his, but his master cooks’: A rare medieval cookbook is to be digitally…

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Posted on September 22, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

anniversaries good and bad

September is full of annivesaries. There’s our wedding. There’s the day we decided we’d live together: that I would leave my partner…

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Posted on September 22, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

A glad day

Today is Kelley‘s birthday. I’m glad she was born. I’m also glad she loves life enough to live it to the full,…

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Posted on September 21, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Party for sale!

This just in from Payseur and Schmidt: Payseur & Schmidt Mailing List Sale! Because we appreciate all of our fans out there,…

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Posted on September 20, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

plastic logic

Now this looks more like it. (The article is somewhat oddly and sketchily written but it has an image gallery that’s worth…

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Posted on September 20, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Friday audio: Stay #3

Here is another reading from Stay (about 6:20). Aud has just got back from New York, where she nearly died. We join…

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Posted on September 19, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

market meltdown

This photo is from Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood. I know, it’s a cow not a bull, but let’s just pretend, eh? Anyway,…

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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

talking amongst your shelves

At the Guardian, Talking Amongst Your Shelves: A novel way to organise your books is to use different titles to spell out…

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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

flying ointment

From: Linda Is wolfsbane similiar to Deadly Nightshade? No. Wolfsbane aka aconite aka monkshood is quite different from deadly nightshada aka belladonna….

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Posted on September 17, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Palin name generator

Ha, now this is a bit of fun, the Sarah Palin name generator: Sarah Palin has picked out an All-American set of…

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Posted on September 16, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

time to giggle and eat rubbish

Here’s a story about another Dr. Scientifical Meanie Pajamas taking all the fun out of life: A new type of drug could…

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Posted on September 16, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

do. not. ever.

…tell me your dreams. “Oh, my god,” you say, “I had the weirdest dream last night!” and I say, “I find other…

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Posted on September 15, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

almost god but not quite

Your result for The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test… The Cardinal You scored 74% Cardinal, 23% Monk, 35% Lady,…

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Posted on September 14, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

From: Janet I found a copy of Slow River at the Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto, an independent gay bookstore Actually Evecho…

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Posted on September 13, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
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